The Military And Organic Farming

Here is an article submitted by Annie White. What great news for our beloved military and for our economy as a whole!

The military is not for the faint of heart, and farming isn’t either,” said Michael O’Gorman, an organic farmer who founded the nonprofit Farmer-Veteran Coalition, which supports sustainable-agriculture training. “There are eight times as many farmers over age 65 as under. There is a tremendous need for young farmers, and a big wave of young people inspired to go into the service who are coming home.”

Sustainable-agriculture training offers this county a new generation of capable and knowledgeable organic farmers. It also offers an opportunity to soldiers returning from war to have a new lease on life as their attention turns from the stress of military duties to growth and the pride of providing. With programs such as this, those who are returning from service can truly ‘beat their swords into plowshares’.